tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post523664580150027202..comments2023-04-02T23:48:29.455-07:00Comments on The Weird West Emporium: More Old West Zombies in Rotten!The Infernal Mr Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05652697037583650402noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post-23272043877019760832010-12-25T08:29:30.804-08:002010-12-25T08:29:30.804-08:00Seriously, it's such a big world. Was original...Seriously, it's such a big world. Was originally going to be a comic but I couldn't get a decent enough artist for free. Now it will be books.Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114707847759001522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post-28197268332618044472010-12-25T00:19:46.993-08:002010-12-25T00:19:46.993-08:00It is Paul, and thankfully there are a lot more su...It is Paul, and thankfully there are a lot more subjects that they have dealt with. I just saw a film called Shiloh Falls, not a great movie but it took the Zombie Western genre in a different direction. Where the creatures stole souls and turned people into what was essentially a disinterested/detached (and in some ways violent) person. Not great, but at least they tried ;)<br /><br />Cory - Red Dead Dinosaur would be awesome! I'd also like to see them take on Extraterrestrials with alien creatures you could use as mounts. <br /><br />Defend might be a little strong of a word, Cory, but they did post examples and people did find the idea of a Zombie Western weird (although PLENTY of people though it was badass too) They might NOT have felt the need to defend their decision, but it sort of felt like they were. Does your scale determine the level of "Weirdness?" Like Wild Wild West is a 2 on the Weird West scale? lol<br /><br />Ashe - Do it, Ashe! :DThe Infernal Mr Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05652697037583650402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post-31377865953323994822010-12-24T21:10:54.288-08:002010-12-24T21:10:54.288-08:00Damn, I really need to get my series going. Espec...Damn, I really need to get my series going. Especially to do something INTERESTING with zombies in the west. YELL AT ME, MARK!Ashehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07114707847759001522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post-33563395207367674592010-12-23T07:51:19.006-08:002010-12-23T07:51:19.006-08:00Rockstar had to defend their decision? Jeez, I gue...Rockstar had to defend their decision? Jeez, I guess it's a good thing they didn't do "Red Dead Dinosaur" ^_^<br /><br />I agree that zombies are a little tiresome. The odd thing here and there is cool, like <i>Undead Nightmare</i> (or what the <i>Jonah Hex</i> film was going to be like in my head). But right now my girlfriend is reading a Star Wars zombie novel. Oy vey. <br /><br />It wouldn't be so bad if something original was done with them, or if they hearkened back to pre-<i>Night of the Living Dead</i> zombies. At least then you could get some cool Voodoo stuff going on. <br /><br />On my Weird West scale, it generally goes like:<br /><br />1) WTF!!? (<i>Phantom Empire, The Amazing Screw-On Head</i>)<br />2) Weird inventions (<i>Saga of Windwagon Smith, Wild Wild West</i>)<br />3) Dinosaurs! (<i>Valley of Gwangi, Turok: Son of Stone</i>)<br />4) Magic, Demons and Mysterious Strangers (<i>Tex Arcana</i>)<br />5) Monsters (<i>American Vampire, Undead Nightmare</i>)Cory Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12141983255020503557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761231297093450737.post-40235115795303220352010-12-22T10:38:45.461-08:002010-12-22T10:38:45.461-08:00I have to be truthful and say zombies bore me. Pla...I have to be truthful and say zombies bore me. Place a zombie theme in any storyline (not just Westerns) and it becomes predictable. Lots of blood and violence that usually includes decapitations, dismemberment and cannibalism.<br />Thje predicability of zombie stories is what disappoints me the most. Why would anyone shoot bullets at an undead creature? It's dumb. Why would anyone think they could win a fight with a creature that's already dead? <br />Just cut off its head or destroy it by fire. End of story. Instead we get shootouts and fist fights resulting in lots of blood and gore and "meaningful" insights about our disintegrating society and alienation.<br />As you say Mark the Weird West is about so much more than zombie of the week.Paul Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087250570346996589noreply@blogger.com